Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dave: I use a Norman studio flash setup and it would not work on the R8 unless I used an adapter to drop the voltage down to something the R8 could handle. I took a multimeter across the sync cord and I think it was over 90 volts, which is way over the 24v max of most modern cameras. I think my R8 also worked once or twice before it would work only with the adapter to drop the voltage. Regards, Robert At 10:58 PM 8/3/99 -0700, you wrote: >I got a call from Leica today saying they couldn't duplicate the failure of >the sync plug on my R8. I'd tried it with three different cords and two >different Norman packs. The fellow said it might be because the packs were >using a trigger voltage that was too high or something like that. > >Anyone else have similar problems? Seems kinda strange that all the other >cameras will work on those packs, and that the first time right out of the box >the camera's sync worked but then didn't a couple weeks later. Odd. > >Dave Yoder > >